| Re: virus alert-click n stitch |
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| ToxicGoddess (toxicgoddess@mindspring.com) |
2011/05/13 12:57 |
On Mon, 02 May 2011 22:04:25 +1000, pacMAN <byteYa@ss.dipshit.invalid>
wrote:
>ToxicGoddess <toxicgoddess@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>On thu, 28 apr 2011 11:29:15 -0500, "LadyDii" <gy@gmailnope.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I too got a virus warning - actually a trojan horse was deleted by
>>>McAfee. There is no way to research it when McAfee grabs it while
>>>downloading. It probably has something to do with the crack.
>>
>>
>>I think you're right. Eveything I download that has a crack in it is
>>deleted by McAffee. Had the same issue with Norton/Symantec as well.
>>
>Lady Dii is FOS.. the same shite as he
>follows up your post with (as JPB).
>
>The problem - if it bothers at all -
>is easy enough fixed.
>One could start with getting a real
>AV tool, throwing that McFukup shite
>in the bin. Ditto for NorteShite.
>
>If you _must) have it (because "my house
>computer guru set up this computer")
>then find the toggle in McFukup which
>turns "quarantine" action to "copy/move
>and rename" instead of the default "delete".
>For some definitions it is actually more
>risky to delete a malware file than
>quarantine it.
>All that said.. for the latest (and trusted)
>information on malware one is best
>advised to read and/or post to
><alt.comp.anti-virus>.
>Following posts around:
>Dustin <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com>
>comments will yield the most productive
>information.
>
>There is *nobody* posting
>to ABCP that holds expert status in
>this field. Put no credibility to the garbage
>you see spewed in ABCP on malware.
I have tried both McAffee and Symantec and have never been overjoyed
with either one, but at the end of the day, one does need something.
Do you happen to have a particular favorite that you would suggest? I
have gotten bugs from downloads on easynews before, so I'm a little
timid about downloading and not scanning first. I made that mistake
once early on and it caused me a huge amount of grief because my
computer was infected with something really nasty - can't remember the
name at this second but it will come to me eventually. In any event, I
have developed the habit of running a quick scan on eerything I
download before I unzip it.
I am the one who asked for help with Click N Stitch, and I assure you
I didn't do so in order to either waste the time of those who were so
generous as to try to help me out, nor to create a bunch of
nanny-wagging venom spewing amongst the usual nanny-wagging venom
spewing suspects.
I am willing to listen to anyone who tries to help me or teach me
anything and try my best to use that information to its best
advantage. I think that's kind of the whole point of these newsgroups,
isn't it?
Thanks! :-)
B.
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